BILL NUMBER: SCR 16	CHAPTERED  07/02/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   52
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 2, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 28, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   APRIL 29, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Perata

                        FEBRUARY 18, 1999

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 16--Relative to the Stephen
Lindheim Overcrossing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 16, Perata.  Stephen Lindheim Overcrossing.
   This measure would designate the pedestrian overcrossing at 98th
Avenue and Interstate Highway Route 880 in Oakland, California, the
Stephen Lindheim Overcrossing in memory of Stephen Lindheim.  The
measure also would request the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques or markers showing that
special designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those plaques and markers.




   WHEREAS, Stephen Lindheim was born in Glen Cove, Long Island, the
youngest son of Irma and Norvin Lindheim; and
   WHEREAS, At 13 years of age, Mr. Lindheim traveled to Palestine in
the 1930's and helped establish a kibbutz during the six years he
lived there; and
   WHEREAS, In 1939, Mr. Lindheim attended the University of
California, Davis, and subsequently transferred to the University of
California, Berkeley, where he earned his degree in electrical
engineering; and
   WHEREAS, In 1952, Mr. Lindheim and Robert Schwartz formed a
partnership and started the electrical contracting firm, Schwartz &
Lindheim, Inc., in Oakland, California; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Lindheim was the Chairman of Schwartz & Lindheim,
Inc. until his death in 1991 at 72 years of age; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Lindheim was active in many industry-related
organizations; and
   WHEREAS, For 25 years, he was a member of the Board of the
Northern California Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors
Association, and in 1979 he was nominated to the Academy of
Electrical Contractors; and
   WHEREAS, He also served as a member of the Alameda County
Electrical Trust; and
   WHEREAS, In 1990, Mr. Lindheim became one of the first
participants in ELECTRI 21, a national foundation created by the
electrical contracting industry to promote and finance research into
the 21st century; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Lindheim also participated in numerous business and
community groups including membership in the Oakland Chamber of
Commerce from 1959 until his death; and
   WHEREAS, He was a founding member, director, officer, and past
president from 1990 to 1991, of the Coliseum Commerce Center Corp.,
an active member of the Coliseum Commerce Center Advisory Committee,
and the Chairperson of the Transportation Committee for six years,
and a founding member of the Oakland Airport Users Forum; and
   WHEREAS, This involvement in the community symbolized a lifelong
concern and dedication to enhancing the welfare of individuals'
lives; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Lindheim was a lifelong supporter of the Jewish
community in the East Bay area; and
   WHEREAS, He was past President of the Board of Directors of Jewish
Family Service in Oakland, a Hadassah Associate, a member of
Congregation Beth El in Berkeley, and a member of the Berkeley
Richmond Jewish Community Center; and
   WHEREAS, Just prior to his death, Mr. Lindheim was the chairperson
of a committee serving the needs of an Oakland neighborhood facing
significant changes due to new freeway construction, and was
instrumental in the construction of a pedestrian overcrossing at 98th
Avenue and Interstate Highway Route 880; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Lindheim died of cancer at 72 years of age, on
September 6, 1991, at his home in Berkeley; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Lindheim is survived by his wife Dorothy, children
Judith, Nora, Elisabeth, and Michael, and six grandchildren; and
   WHEREAS, Because Mr. Lindheim was so instrumental in bringing
together the residents and business people in Oakland for the
planning and construction of the pedestrian overcrossing at 98th
Avenue and Interstate Highway Route 880 in that city, it is
appropriate that this structure be dedicated to the memory of Stephen
Lindheim; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
pedestrian overcrossing at 98th Avenue and Interstate Highway Route
880 in Oakland, California, the Stephen Lindheim Overcrossing in
memory of Stephen Lindheim; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of erecting the appropriate plaques and markers,
consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway
system, showing the special designation, and, upon receiving
donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those
plaques and markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.
